Ukrainian recording artist MELOVIN has responded to the country’s battle with Russia with a new song entitled Waste No Time.
While volunteering to bring necessary supplies to other Ukrainians in Lviv, MELOVIN shot a live video for the song which he hopes will uplift the spirits of the Ukrainian people.
“Russia opened fire under the guise of a ‘special peacekeeping mission’ to protect Ukrainians. But this is a lie! There is no-one to protect and save us from! Now we need to be saved from Russian aggression!”, says MELOVIN.
Here is the loose translation of the song:
Waste No Time
Time is running out
Don’t leave your friends, they are wings
Force yourself when you lack strength
Because no one knows you except yourself
Hold your hand!
Do you hear the wind whispers to us
Don’t leave your dreams as they want
And remember, nothing is impossible
Because no one knows you except yourself
Hold your back
When it hurts to shoot
Those who are not with us at all
And they think they know everything
Don’t procrastinate
And for the truth, freedom…. we don’t break our wings
Don’t come back with a wave of pain
Do not cover me with the power of fate
Don’t stay, you better go
How much I lost strength
We are not for those who are always in the minority
He sees only the wet eyes of acquaintances
Their heart hides and you do not look
Stop ringing them
Born Kostyantyn Mykolayovych Bocharov in Odessa, MELOVIN is a singer and songwriter who first came to prominence after winning season six of X-Factor Ukraine. In 2018, MELOVIN represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song “Under the Ladder”. He finished in seventeenth place, with 130 points.
In light of current events between Russia and Ukraine, MELOVIN has taken to social media with being a vocal presence in hopes of empowering Ukrainian citizens.
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Thousands hope to evacuate daily due to the political unrest, but much effort has been disrupted by Russian occupiers.
Major corporations have halted operations and business in Russia in solidarity with the Ukrainian people including Starbucks, McDonald’s, Apple, PepsiCo, Netflix, Disney, and UPS among others.
Watch MELOVIN’s Waste No Time:
